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Originally Posted by jackie_w
Updates will work the same as they ever did. Kobo (the device) doesn't know it's been patched and neither does Kobo (the company).  |
Yep, you're 99% correct, but Kobo (the company) can know it's patched based on the analytics showing usage of a feature on a device which doesn't usually have it.
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And yes you're correct, a firmware update wipes out all patches so they have to be re-applied using the correct kobopatch system for that specific firmware.
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Yes.
I can update all the patches in about 20-30 mins now (plus 10 for testing and another 10 waiting for the disassembler) (when I was learning about reverse engineering and assembly, it took about 5 hours), and I usually am available to do it within about 12 hours of the release at most. The only ones I don't update are the fixed margin and 24 line spacing values patches, as I didn't make them and don't know enough yet about how they work to be confident in updating them. GeoffR updates those ones (thanks!) within about a week.
When patching, I recommend using my "Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading" patch (or GeoffR's upgrade blocking one) to prevent an update before you are ready.